Voluntourism - have your holidays and do charitable work at the same time! What a nice concept...
Volunteer vacations are vacations which include some activities focused on furthering a charitable cause for which the participant receives no renumeration.
The types of volunteer vacations are diverse, from low-skill work cleaning up local wildlife areas to providing high-skill medical aid in a foreign country.
[Read more in: Wikipedia: Volunteer vacation]
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Voluntourism resources
- Volunteer Vacations · Travel
- Volunteer Vacations Directory featuring opportunities to volunteer abroad. Imagine... you could teach English in Ghana, or save a sea turtle from extinction ...
- American Hiking Society: Events and Volunteer Opportunities
- Hiking - an American Hiking Society Volunteer Vacation, you visit stunning backcountry locations ... Volunteer Vacations are more fun than work!
- Global Volunteers International Service Programs
- Join the network of service on a volunteer vacation abroad or on a USA volunteer program. Live and work with local people on life-affirming international projects. Volunteer Abroad in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America! "Join a 'private' Peace Corps sponsoring short-term working vacations...
- Volunteer your way to a cheaper vacation - MSN Money
- Cut the costs of getting away by giving some time to a good cause or spending some time in a classroom. You may even be able to take a tax deduction.
- Volunteer Abroad: The Portal for Work and Vacations Overseas
- The Portal for those seeking volunteer work abroad or vacatons overseas. Find hundreds of articles and thousands of programs for volunteering overseas.
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